Today's best photos: from a lantern festival to cattle swimming in a polluted river – in pictures

  • The Lantern Festival in Pingxi, New Taipei City, Taiwan, where people released thousand of lights into the night sky to wish for peace and happiness. EPA
    The Lantern Festival in Pingxi, New Taipei City, Taiwan, where people released thousand of lights into the night sky to wish for peace and happiness. EPA
  • Traffic signs are visible above a blanket of fog on a closed road during winter in Hofteigur, Iceland. Reuters
    Traffic signs are visible above a blanket of fog on a closed road during winter in Hofteigur, Iceland. Reuters
  • Water droplets on a flower at a garden in New Delhi, India. EPA
    Water droplets on a flower at a garden in New Delhi, India. EPA
  • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) attending a national meeting to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the birth of chairman Kim Jong Il, in front of his statue in Samjiyon City, North Korea. AFP
    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) attending a national meeting to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the birth of chairman Kim Jong Il, in front of his statue in Samjiyon City, North Korea. AFP
  • Lake Dulce in Campillos. Spain's water reserves are currently at less than 45 per cent of their capacity, officials say, with southern and north-eastern regions the worst affected. AFP
    Lake Dulce in Campillos. Spain's water reserves are currently at less than 45 per cent of their capacity, officials say, with southern and north-eastern regions the worst affected. AFP
  • Cattle cross the polluted waters of the River Sabarmati on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India. Reuters
    Cattle cross the polluted waters of the River Sabarmati on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India. Reuters